Magnetic method for treatment of an animal

ABSTRACT

A magnetic method for therapeutic treatment of an animal with a tissue dysfunction using a pair of very low power electromagnetic coils connected to a pulse generator, a kit using the pulse generator connected to a pair of very low power electromagnetic coils, and a pet bed containing the pair of very low power electromagnetic coils and pulse generator. The pulse generator can include a power supply, a bi-directional communication and power port, a microcontroller, a processor, a data storage, computer instructions, transistors, a voltage multiplier, and power supply conduits.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present applications claims priority and the benefit of U.S.Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/265,720 and U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application Ser. No. 61/265,716 filed on Dec. 1, 2009. Thesereferences are incorporated in their entirety.

FIELD

The present embodiments generally relate to a method for therapeuticallytreating afflicted tissue and cells of animals using electromagneticfields.

BACKGROUND

A need exists for a method for therapeutic treatment of afflicted tissueand cells of animals that is non-invasive, easy to apply, and quick toprovide relief.

The present embodiments meet these needs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The detailed description will be better understood in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings as follows:

FIG. 1 is a diagram of bipolar square-wave pulses produced with a pulsegenerator.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a pulse blast.

FIG. 3 is a diagram of the pulse generator.

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of two of the electromagnetic coils usable inthe method.

FIG. 5 is a detailed view of an arrangement of electromagnetic coilsaround a limb.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processor in communication with anadministrative server.

FIG. 7 is diagram of a magnetic array applied over a limb.

FIG. 8A is an animal wearing a kit.

FIG. 8B is a view of the opposite side of the animal in FIG. 8A.

FIG. 9 is a view of a pet bed.

FIG. 10A is a flow diagram of an embodiment of the method.

FIG. 10B is a continuation of the flow diagram shown in FIG. 10A.

FIG. 11 is a diagram of another embodiment of the method.

FIG. 12 is a flow diagram of another embodiment of the method.

FIG. 13 is a representation of an idealized trapezoidal electromagneticunipolar pulse that is generated by a microcontroller for use by theelectromagnetic coil pair.

The present embodiments are detailed below with reference to the listedFigures.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Before explaining the present method in detail, it is to be understoodthat the method is not limited to the particular embodiments and that itcan be practiced or carried out in various ways.

The present embodiments relate to a therapeutic method for treatingvarious ailments, or injuries, such as osteoarthritis and otherconditions that relate to pain of the joints, bones, or tissues of themusculoskeletal system, the tissues and structures of the cardiovascularsystem, the skin, and the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Various terms are used herein with particular meanings

The term “pulse blast”, as used herein, refers to pulse blasts that canhave from about 1 pulse to about 100 pulses contained within each pulseblast from very low power electromagnetic coil pairs. The pulse blastsenable the very low power electromagnetic coil pair to affect tissue andperform various functions.

Pulse blasts can be formed using pulses that are not sine-waves, but arearbitrarily-shaped waves of electrical energy to electromagnetic coils.The waves can be in an embodiment, square-waves of electrical power.

The arbitrarily shaped waves are delivered to electromagnetic coils,resulting in an induced electromagnetic pulse with desired pulseparameters that penetrates tissue that is disposed between or near theelectromagnetic coils. Each arbitrarily shaped wave of electrical energyhas a leading edge, a trailing edge or combinations of both edges.

Pulse blasts in an embodiment can be a series of single pulses.

The term “pulse”, as used herein, refers individual pulses that arecreated and contained within each pulse blast. A single pulse oralternatively, multiple pulses can be used to form a pulse blast,however, each pulse must have either a trailing edge, a leading edge orboth trailing and leading edges to be usable herein.

Each pulse, when graphed, can have units of time as the x-axis andamplitude in Gauss as the y-axis for each pulse shape. The pulses aregenerated by a very low power pulse generator such as one actuated by a9-volt battery.

The pluses can have one of a variety of different shapes. Eachelectromagnetic pulse can be shaped over time, such as in microseconds,to approximate a shape, such as a trapezoid, a polygon, a triangle, aGaussian function, a Dirac delta function or combinations of theseshapes. The shapes can also be square. The amount of time can be a fewmicroseconds, such as 10 microseconds to 100 microseconds, 10microseconds to 200 microseconds, or 10 microseconds to 1000microseconds.

Each shaped electromagnetic pulse is generated having a leading edge ortrailing edge slew rate of at least 200 kiloGauss/second for at least aduration from 0.1 microseconds to 1000 microseconds without forming asine shaped pulse wave. The term “power supply”, as used herein, refersto the use of batteries, line power from a wall outlet transformed intoDC power at a suitable voltage, or other suitable sources of electricalenergy.

The power supply is used to operate a microcontroller that in anembodiment can automatically sequence between predetermined sequences ofpulses for predetermined intervals of time.

The term “bi-directional communication and power port” refers toconnectors such as a D-subminiature 9-pin connector, stereo audio cableconnectors, or other suitable electronic connectors

The term “communication signal” refers to signals used to drive avoltage multiplier, to energize electromagnetic coils, or to provide asignal to reprogram a microcontroller.

The term “microcontroller” refers to any commercially available suitablelow voltage microcontroller, microprocessor, or other programmableelectronic device.

The term “low voltage” refers to a voltage from about 1 volt to about 80volts. In an embodiment, a 9-volt battery can be used to power themicrocontroller that provides the electromagnetic pulse bursts throughat least one pair of wires to the electromagnetic coils which can beused in a stacked arrangement, a “FIG. 8” arrangement, a sandwicharrangement with the tissue for therapy treatment located between thecoils or a side by side parallel arrangement.

The term “low amperage” refers to amperages of less than 1 amp andgreater than 0.001 amps, during the generation of stimulation pulseswhere amperage is averaged over a period of at least 10 seconds.

The term “low power” refers to the product of one of the voltages fromthe range of low voltages with one of the amperages from the range oflow amperages.

The microcontroller uses pulse parameters of at least one pulse blastthat can simulate a signal that includes an extracellular signalassociated with mechanical loading of a target tissue, trans-membranesignals associated with mechanical loading of a target tissue,intracellular signals associated with mechanical loading of a targettissue, or signals associated with nerve synapse signals to a targettissue, or combinations thereof.

The term “processor” refers to a component within a microcontroller thatmakes computations and decisions and is capable of determining precisevalues of time and logic states for driving the elements of the pulsegenerator. The microprocessor should be capable of comparing a first setof signals to predetermined values stored in an associated data storagein communication with the processor.

The term “data storage” refers to a flash memory, a removable jumpdrive, a hard drive, or a portion of the microcontroller that is eitherwithin or outside of the microcontroller that allows software, firmware,and data to be stored, recalled, modified, and executed therefrom.

The term “computer instructions with preset pulse parameters” refers tocomputer instructions that define an exact nature of the pulse blasts tobe delivered from a pulse generator, or a range of values for eachsimulation parameter from within which the specific pulse parametervalues may be either deterministically, pseudo-randomly or randomlyselected.

As the term is used herein, “vectors” refers to a mathematicalrepresentation of a magnetic field which contains quantitativeinformation about both the magnetic field direction and the fieldamplitude or strength.

The term “normal-to plane axis”, as used herein, refers to an axis thatis perpendicular to a plane surface of an individual coil or a coilarray encapsulated within a flexible polymer. For example, if theelectromagnetic coil is elliptical, the plane surface would be the planeof the first surface of the elliptical shaped electromagnetic coil. Forcomplex shapes of coils that are bent or shaped in three-dimensions,this term is to be interpreted as an approximation of the coil geometryas essentially planar on average, or for a sufficiently small area ofthe coil under consideration to approximate a planar geometry.

The term “mechanically flexible polymer coating”, as used herein, refersto a flexible, bendable, not brittle coating that can contain anelastomeric material such as silicone, urethane, or a thermoplasticelastomer compound.

In embodiments, the mechanically flexible polymer coating can be awashable, heat resistant thin coating of a polymer such as apolypropylene homopolymer, a polypropylene copolymer, or a cross linkedpolymer of polypropylene and polyethylene, forming a bendable, impactresistant, coating over the electromagnetic coils such as coatings usedto encapsulate electrical wires.

The mechanical flexible polymer coating can be a laminate with a firstcoating covering a second coating that encapsulates the electromagneticcoils while allowing the electromagnetic coils to be flexed and bentinto a desired shape.

The coating can be manufactured to incorporate colors or physicaltextures or both that enable the user to correctly identify, align andplace the coils during use. Antibiotics or a similar beneficial coatingcommonly used on medical devices that come into contact with the skincan also be incorporated into the coating.

The term “computer instructions in the data storage for instructing theprocessor to generate random pulse blasts, random pulses, orrandomization of selected pulse parameters according to a random pulsegenerator, as the dosage amounts within the specified range of pulseparameters” refers to a series of algorithmic computer codes that canallow the pulse generator to sequentially generate pulses or pulseblasts with a predetermined number of pulses in the pulse blasts andhaving a predetermined time interval between the pulse blasts or pulses,with any of the pulse parameters being varied within specified limits.In embodiments, a random number generator can be used to generatevariable pulse blasts in the dosage amounts.

The phrase “saddlebag” refers to a single pouch or a configuration oftwo pouches connected together which can reside on a back of an animal.The saddle bag can have a first pouch riding on a first side of ananimal connected to a second pouch riding on a second side of theanimal, so as to allow for safe carriage of the power supply and thepulse generator by an animal. A support strap can wrap around the frontor chest area of the animal enabling the two pouches to stay securely onthe animal for therapeutic purposes.

As this term is used herein, the “magnetic Halbach array” can be anarray of magnetic elements in a one-dimensional (linear) or atwo-dimensional (planar) array wherein in-plane magnetic fieldgenerators reside in the magnetic Halbach array and can act to producelarge amplitude magnetic fields on one side of the magnetic Halbacharray, while producing a minimal magnetic field on the other side of themagnetic Halbach array.

The term “animal actuated on/off switch” refers to a simple mechanicalpressure switch, an optical detector switch, a heat detector switch, amotion detector switch, a capacitance proximity detector switch, a soundor vibration detector switch, an ultrasonic detector switch, or similarmeans by which the presence of an animal can be established and detectedby the microcontroller.

The term “heating element” refers to an electrical element that allowsthe generation of controlled heat which can be applied to pet bedding.

The term “cooling element” refers to an electrical element such as anarray of Peltier devices, which allow heat to be removed from part orall of a pet bed or other animal bedding.

The term “physiological accommodation”, which also includes the morespecific term “neural accommodation”, refers to the tendency of cellsand tissues, when subjected to the same stimulus signal over time, tobecome increasingly less responsive to that signal over time.

The terms “randomization of stimulation parameters” and “variation ofstimulation parameters” refer to the alteration of stimulationparameters within defined limits to overcome the undesirable effects ofphysiological accommodation and neural accommodation, while continuingto elicit the desired response from the cells or tissues beingstimulated.

The term “electromagnetic acupuncture” refers to the use of the coils tofocus electromagnetic stimulation at one or more specific anatomicregions as an alternative approach to achieve the results of traditionalacupuncture without the use of traditional acupuncture needs or similardevices.

The coils can be magnetic coils or electromagnetic coils.

Embodiments can be used for treatment of a cellular dysfunction oftissue or an extracellular matrix disruption of a tissue, or both ofthese problems, and can use a pulse generator and at least one pair ofelectromagnetic coils.

In one or more embodiments, the electromagnetic coils can be disposedadjacent to a site of cellular dysfunction or adjacent to a site oftissue having an extracellular matrix disruption. For example, theelectromagnetic coils can be placed side-by-side to allow treatment oftissues that are thick or otherwise difficult to access on both sides.

As another example, the coils can be stacked together to functionallyform one stack which can then be placed over a location on the body,such as an organ, and used in a manner similar to electromagneticacupuncture to treat one location on the surface of the body or indeeper tissue below the coil stack. Multiple individual coils ormultiple stacks of coils can be used to simultaneously treat multiplelocations in a manner similar to electromagnetic acupuncture at severallocation sites.

Embodiments can also be used to accelerate healing of bone, skin,nerves, and other cells and tissues of the musculoskeletal system, thecentral or peripheral nervous system and the cardiovascular system.

Embodiments can be used to promote the healing of refractory ornon-healing bone fractures; to reduce swelling from osteoarthritis orrheumatoid arthritis; to reduce scar tissue formation in skin, tendons,muscles, ligaments, nerve and cardiovascular tissues; to reduceinfection rate; and to promote increased joint range of motionsubsequent to injury or a degenerative disease.

Embodiments can be used to treat or reduce pain including: idiopathicjoint pain, pain associated with fibromyalgia, lower back pain,compartment pain, referred pain, acute pain, chronic pain, andmigraines.

Embodiments can be used to treat strains of muscles, tendons, ligaments,bulging or damaged vertebral disks, osteopenia, temporomandibular joint,and craniofacial structures.

Embodiments can be used to treat: critical defects in bone; injuredcardiovascular tissues; heart failure; heart injury by reducingmonocyte-induced swelling; spinal cord injury by promoting nervere-growth, fibroblast infiltration and growth, and scar formation; nerveinjury; nerve degeneration; loss of bladder or bowel control; neurogenicincontinence; neurogenic erectile dysfunction; ulcers; injury to therotator cuff; internal organ disorders including liver, pancreas, kidneyand lung disease; tremors associated with Parkinson's disease, ataxia,or multiple sclerosis; neuro-developmental and neurodegenerativediseases, mild to severe brain ailments, disorders of the centralnervous system (in primates), non-responsive wounds including diabeticfoot ulcer and post-surgical abdominal ulcer; cancer by inhibiting tumorformation and growth; infections generating a bacteriostatic field at asite of injury.

Embodiments can be used to improve outcome and to accelerate healingafter surgery or injury of the cornea and corneal implants, engraftmentof surgical implants, ejection fraction after surgery for heart failure;cardiac muscle regeneration; functional outcome after heart surgery asmeasured by a predetermined walk, blood flow in ischemic limbs; limbsalvage after removal of blood flow; or strength of tissues followinginjury.

Embodiments can also be used to decrease cardiac scarring after heartfailure or surgery; accelerate nerve regeneration; treat strokes byimproving blood flow to the affected areas of the brain; reducefunctional loss following a stroke; and recover tone of the muscles ofthe urogenital system.

Embodiments can be used as an adjunct to stem cell therapy to improveengraftment; for in vivo amplification of stem cells, to acceleratephenotypic development of the stem cells into the desired tissuephenotypes, for targeting engraftment, and for guiding phenotypicdevelopment into the desired tissue types.

The pulse generator can generate a plurality of pulse blasts. Each pulseblast can be formed from one or more pulses. The pulse generator canhave at least one power supply such as one or more connected batteriesor a battery and a battery charger.

An electrical current can be generated by the power supply or the pulsegenerator. The power supply can be from a 110 or 220 line voltage thatis stepped down to provide the very low power needed for theelectromagnetic coil pairs.

The pulse generator can have a bi-directional communication and powerport for flowing power into and out of the pulse generator and flowingcommunication signals into and out of the pulse generator.

The pulse generator can have a microcontroller in communication with thebi-directional communication and power port.

The microcontroller can have a processor that can be in communicationwith the power supply. Data storage can be in communication with theprocessor and computer instructions with preset pulse parameters orranges of pulse parameters can be stored in the data storage.

A pair of first transistors can be in communication with themicrocontroller. In embodiments, multiple pairs of first transistors canbe in communication with the microcontroller.

The first pair of transistors can allow the microcontroller to controlpower flow into the voltage multiplier or other voltage amplification orvoltage conversion device.

A voltage multiplier can be connected to the at least one pair of firsttransistors. The voltage multiplier can include one or more diodes andone or more capacitors. The voltage multiplier can include combinationsof diodes and capacitors for communication with the microcontroller forincreasing or decreasing the output voltage of the pulse generator.

In embodiments, the diodes can be rapid switching diodes, and thecapacitors can be surface mount ceramic capacitors.

In embodiments, the voltage multiplier can be a Villard Cascade VoltageMultiplier, though other configurations to achieve the desired voltagemay be employed.

The pulse generator can have a pair of second transistors incommunication with the voltage multiplier to form an output stage. Inembodiments, the pulse generator can have multiple second transistors.The second transistors can be controlled by the microcontroller to forman electronic signal to send to a coil, a pair of coils, orHelmholtz-like magnetic array to form a plurality of pulse blasts orpulses.

In embodiments, the second transistors can allow a microcontroller tocontrol electrical energy flow from the pulse generator to theelectromagnetic coils; thereby controlling pulse parameters.

Embodiments can further include a pair of power supply conduits, whichcan be wires that each connect to at least one of a pair ofelectromagnetic coils. The pair of power supply conduits, such as thoseconnecting the power supply to the pulse generator, or connecting thepulse generator to the electromagnetic coils, can be wires.

Embodiments can include at least one very low power electromagnetic coilpair sized to generate a plurality of pulse blasts which can have a slewrate of at least 200 kiloGauss per second (kG/s).

Each very low power electromagnetic coil pair can have a firstelectromagnetic coil with a first electromagnetic coil diameter and afirst electromagnetic coil axis.

The first electromagnetic coil first side can have a first polarity, anda first electromagnetic coil second side can have a second polarity. Thefirst electromagnetic coil can connect to one of the pair of powersupply conduits.

The very low power electromagnetic coil pair can have a secondelectromagnetic coil with a second electromagnetic coil diameter and asecond electromagnetic coil axis.

A second electromagnetic coil first side can have a first polarity, anda second electromagnetic coil second side can have a second polarity.The second electromagnetic coil can connect to one of the power supplyconduits.

The first electromagnetic coil can be disposed opposite the secondelectromagnetic coil, enabling a Helmholtz-like, very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair to treat tissue placed between or proximatethe first electromagnetic coil and second electromagnetic coil and theirassociated pulse blasts.

For the embodiment having Helmholtz-like electromagnetic coil pairs, thefirst electromagnetic coil and the second electromagnetic coil can bedisposed at separations from about 0.1 radius to about 20 radii.

The first electromagnetic coil and the second electromagnetic coil canbe oriented so that when the coils are energized using the pulsegenerator, a plurality of electromagnetic wave pulses can be generatedwith slew rates of at least 200 kG/s for at least a duration about 0.1microsecond to about 200 microseconds and these pulses can be generatedto have different wave shapes.

Each electromagnetic wave pulse can have a leading edge and a trailingedge. Each leading edge to trailing edge can have a duration of about0.1 microsecond to about 200 microseconds.

In embodiments, pulse parameters controlled by the microcontroller caninclude a pulse voltage or current, a pulse duration, a pulse polarity,a number of pulses per unit of time; a number of pulses per pulse blast,a time duration between pulses in each pulse blast, a time durationbetween pulse blasts, or combinations thereof.

In embodiments, the pulse voltage can range from about 5 volts to about200 volts.

In embodiments, the pulses can be bipolar pulses.

In embodiments, an external power supply, such as a 110 volt wall outletor a generator, can be connected to the power supply to allow foruninterrupted pulse blast generation for a dosage amount of time. Theexternal power supply can also be a single battery or a plurality ofconnected batteries. The pulse generator can have an on/off switch foractuating the external power supply to supply power to the pulsegenerator.

The external power supply can be one or more DC batteries, such as four“C” batteries, two or more “AA” batteries, or one or more 9-voltbatteries. The pulse generator can be run on 110 volts of power providedthat there is a current conditioning device secured to the generator. Inone or more embodiments, the pulse generator can run on 220 volts AC.For example, the pulse generator can be configured to be operated usingcommon United States line voltage or common European line voltage.

In embodiments, between about two transistors to about forty transistorscan be utilized external to the microcontroller. The capacitor and thefirst and second transistor pairs can be connected together in anH-bridge configuration.

The microcontroller can include computer instructions, such as a softremote terminal unit instruction, allowing the microcontroller to bereconfigurable on-line, without any down time of the pulse generator.The pulse generators of an array of pulse generators can be reconfiguredon-line using communication from an administrative server incommunication with the pulse generators through a network which can be awireless network.

Each pulse blasts can be composed of positive polarity pulses, negativepolarity pulses, or combinations thereof. The pulse blasts can includedifferent numerical quantities of pulses. Differing intervals of timecan occur between pulse blasts

The alignment of the axis of each electromagnetic coil can range frombeing parallel and coaxial to being anti-parallel, adjacent, andcoplanar. Each pair of electromagnetic coils can be stacked together orseparated by a distance between the coils sufficient to allow theaffected tissue to be located between the coils.

A plurality of the pairs of electromagnetic coils can be formed into anelectromagnetic array with a common controller for treating a large areaof tissue. The electromagnetic array can be formed to surround an entirelimb.

The electromagnetic array can generate pulses in controlled sequences toproduce a plurality of magnetic field vectors that rotate through aspace proximate to the electromagnetic array over a preset unit of timeand/or that translates through the space near the electromagnetic arrayover time.

The electromagnetic array can be a set of electromagnetic coils arrangedin such a manner as to allow one common controller to energize orde-energize any combination of electromagnetic coils in the magneticarray; thereby allowing the common controller to control the resultingelectromagnetic field within and near the electromagnetic array.

The common controller of the electromagnetic array can be amicrocontroller which controls the pulse generator to generate pulses orpulse blasts which can be communicated to a pair of electromagneticcoils or an electromagnetic coil array.

The plurality of electromagnetic coils can be arranged into a member ofthe group consisting of: a two dimensional Halbach array, a onedimensional Halbach array, and combinations thereof.

At least one pair of electromagnetic coils of each Halbach array canhave an in-plane axis to act as a flux conduit between a normal-to-planeaxis of at least one other pair of electromagnetic coils.

Each Halbach array can contain flux concentrators of iron, ferrite orsimilar magnetic material to concentrate the magnetic field at specifiedpoints within each Halbach array.

The distance between the pairs of electromagnetic coils in each Halbacharray can be adjusted to range from about 0.5 inches to about 10 inches,measured as the center-to-center distance between the normal-to-planeaxis.

Each Halbach array can be sealed within a mechanically flexible polymercoating, which allows for the generation of electromagnetic fields to beunimpeded. Each Halbach array can be mechanically flexible andconformable to adapt to a curvature of an anatomic surface of a head, aneck, a torso, a pelvis, a limb, or combinations thereof.

In embodiments, additional computer instructions can be in the datastorage of the pulse generator for instructing the processor togenerate, at random intervals, pulse blasts or pulses as the dosageamounts within the specified range of pulse parameters. Pulses with aduration longer than about 200 microseconds can be used to producepseudo-unipolar magnetic pulses.

The pair of electromagnetic coils can be coils readily formed frommultiple turns of suitable electrical wire or another form electricalconductor. The electromagnetic coil diameters can be measured as theaverage diameter across any of the electromagnetic coils. Eachelectromagnetic coil can have an axis that is perpendicular to the planein which the electromagnetic coils are wound, and through the center ofeach electromagnetic coil.

In embodiments, the very low power electromagnetic coil pair can bedefined to be a configuration of two short electrical solenoids coilsthat are magnetically aligned north-to-south on the same axis andseparated by some distance. The distance of separation can be adjustedto accommodate the shape, thickness, and physical disposition of thetissue to be treated and the surrounding tissues and anatomicalstructures, but only when the distance between the coils is not limited.

The plurality of electromagnetic pulses can be generated as a result ofthe electrical energy discharged through each of the electromagneticcoils as the pulses are originated from the pulse generator.

Cellular Dysfunction

The pulse blasts can be used to treat cellular dysfunction of tissueplaced proximate to the first electromagnetic coil and the secondelectromagnetic coil, such as skin tissue that has a cellulardysfunction of a non-healing ulcer and the coils are stacked one on topof the other and wherein one coil is touching a bandage over thenon-healing ulcer.

Pulses for this cellular dysfunction are generated as a trapezoidal wavepattern with at least a trailing edge and a leading edge at a firstcycle of 10 bipolar pulses per second with each pulse having a durationof 100 microseconds for a period of 10 minutes, then a second cycle of aburst of 5 pulses in 100 milliseconds followed by a delay of 9/10^(th)of a second during which there are no pulses, after which this cycle isrepeated for 10 minutes.

Extracellular Matrix Disruption

The pulse blasts can be used to treat an extra cellular matrixdisruption of tissue, such as a partial thickness tear of the Achillestendon of a primate.

The therapy would involve using the first electromagnetic coil and thesecond electromagnetic coil forming a very low power electromagneticcoil pair disposed on opposite sides of the tendon injury. The coils caneach be touching the skin or can be separated from the skin by a bandageor wound dressing.

Pulses for this extracellular matrix disruption are generated as Diracdelta function patterns with at least a trailing edge and a leading edgeat a first cycle of 10 bipolar pulses per second continuously for 30minutes, followed by 20 minutes of rest, and thereafter the stimulationand rest pattern is repeated for the duration of the therapy, forexample: 8 hours per day each day for 4 weeks.

Tissue Injury

The pulse blasts can be used to treat a tissue injury afflicting tissue,such as a myocardial infarction, when the very low power electromagneticcoil pairs are formed in a “figure 8” pattern and the very low powerelectromagnetic coil pairs are placed on the chest within 1 inch and 8inches of the afflicted tissue for the heart.

Pulses for this tissue injury are generated as square wave patterns withonly a sharp leading edge at a rate of 200 kilo/Gauss per second and atrailing edge of a rate of 10 kilo/Gauss per second. The heart tissuewould be exposed to this wave pattern for up to 24 hours per day for upto 2 weeks as the therapy dose.

Tissue Degenration

The pulse blasts can be used to treat a tissue degeneration afflictingtissue, such as an age-related degeneration of central nervous tissue.

For this therapy, electromagnetic coils are formed with a firstelectromagnetic coil on one side of an animal skull, such as a dog andthe second electromagnetic coil on the opposite side of the dog skull.For this therapy, four pairs of very low power electromagnetic coils canbe used with a central controller powered by a group of three 9-voltbatteries.

Pulses for this tissue degeneration therapy are generated as a bipolarpolygon wave pattern at a rate of 5 pulse blasts per second for 1 houronce per 24 hours. To prevent neural accommodation, the pulse parametersare varied pseudo-randomly within a specified range. Pseudo-randomnumbers are generated during treatment by the microcontroller within thestimulator pulse generator. These numbers are used in an algorithm tovary the pulse frequency over the range of 3 pulses per second up to 20pulses per second. The variation occurs once every minute. Pulsepolarity is also reversed at pseudo-random intervals.

Pain in Tissue—Acute or Chronic Pain

The pulse blasts can be used to treat chronic or acute pain.

Pain From Tissue Degeneration

In this treatment, tissue such as a joint in a horse leg may causeosteo-arthritic pain due to joint degeneration and it can be treated.

Each electromagnetic coil is placed on the skin adjacent the joint. Thejoint can be sandwiched between the two coils. Each very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair can be a 50 millimeter diameter coil.

Pulses for treating this elbow pain are generated as triangle wavepatterns with at least a trailing edge.

The triangle wave patterns are generated as unipolar pulses whichalternate polarity between cycles. Each pulse can last 100 milliseconds.

In a first cycle, the electromagnetic coils can generate a “north”magnetic pole blast followed by a second cycle having a “south” magneticpole pulse blast, which is again followed by a third cycle of “north”magnetic pole blasts.

The three cycles are repeated over a period of 90 minutes.

Pain From Tissue Injury

For the pain known as “acute” pain due to a broken femur.

The coils are placed flat on one side of the leg, with the firstelectromagnetic coil adjacent the second electromagnetic coil.

Pulses for this pain are generated as Gaussian function wave patternswith both a leading edge and a trailing edge.

A series of individual bipolar pulses generated at 10 Hertz aregenerated for 30 minutes. The therapy then continues with 20 minutes ofrest without stimulation, and then the pattern of individual bipolarpulses is repeated for the duration of the therapeutic dose.

Pain From Extracellular Matrix Disruption of Tissue

In this treatment, the tissue with extracellular matrix disruptioncausing pain such as degeneration of at least one spinal disc istreated.

An electromagnetic coil stack of four coils is placed directly on theskin of the lower back proximate to the degenerated spinal disc.

Pulses having a wave shape that is approximately square are generated asa group of six bursts, each having a duration of 5 milliseconds, andthen a rest period of 120 milliseconds. This therapy cycle is thenrepeated for 1 hour (60 minutes), once a day for 10 days to reduceswelling, to strengthen adjacent muscles and reduce the pain from thedegenerating disc.

Pain Caused By Cellular Dysfunction Of Tissue

In this treatment, the pain caused by cellular dysfunction of tissuesuch as rheumatoid arthritis is alleviated.

The first electromagnetic coil and the second electromagnetic coil areplaced on top of the skin of the hand in a “FIG. 8” pattern with thesource of the rheumatoid arthritis pain directly beneath the adjacentcoils.

Pulses for this pain are generated as trapezoidal wave patterns at arate of 1 Hertz of unipolar blasts for 50 minutes followed by 1 Hertz ofbipolar blasts for 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute rest cycle, afterwhich the stimulation cycle repeats.

The therapy is repeated until the pain is reduced by at least 50percent. The therapy can be applied by the patient as needed for thereduction of pain.

Pain of Idiopathic Origin

In this treatment, the pain in shoulder tissue from an idiopathic originis treated using a first electromagnetic coil disposed on one side ofthe shoulder with pain and a second electromagnetic coil disposed on theother side of the shoulder with the painful area placed directly betweenthe opposed coils.

Pulses for this therapy are generated as a first group of trapezoidalwave patterns followed by a second group of polygonal wave patterns.

The first group of trapezoidal wave patterns are generated as threepulse blasts over 30 milliseconds, followed by a rest period of 970milliseconds, then the second group of polygonal wave patterns with bothleading and trailing edges are generated as five pulse blasts over 20milliseconds. This therapy dosage of the two groups with the rest periodis then repeated for a period of time such as 60 minutes.

The very low power electromagnetic coil pairs can be used to treatcombinations of these types of problems including, cellular dysfunctionof tissue, extracellular matrix disruption of tissue, tissue injuryaffecting related tissue, tissue degeneration affecting related tissue,and pain caused by tissue degeneration, tissue injury, cellulardysfunction of tissue and pain from an idiopathic origin.

The term “pain from an idiopathic origin” as the term is used hereinrefers to symptomatic pain from an unknown or difficult to diagnoseorigin.

Embodiments can include a kit for therapeutically treating animal tissueailments including cellular dysfunction of a tissue or an extracellularmatrix disruption of a tissue.

Kit In Saddlebag

The kit can include an animal saddlebag with a first pouch and a secondpouch connected by a support strap for holding the first pouch andsecond pouch together across a chest of an animal. The animal can be afour legged animal, such as a dog, a horse, a deer, or another animal.

A pulse generator can be placed or disposed in one of the pouches. Atleast one pair of electromagnetic coils can be placed or disposed inanother pouch of the saddlebag, enabling the placement of damaged tissuebetween the electromagnetic coils.

The saddlebag can be used to place the electromagnetic coils adjacent toa site of cellular dysfunction or adjacent to a site of tissue having anextracellular matrix disruption.

Each pair of very low power electromagnetic coils can be connected tothe pulse generator through a power supply conduit.

Pet Bed

Embodiments can include a pet bed for therapeutically treating ananimal. The pet bed can include bedding contained in a fabric housing. AHalbach array of electromagnetic coils can be disposed in the fabrichousing.

An animal actuated on/off switch can be connected to the Halbach arrayand to the pulse generator.

Magnetic pulse blasts can be generated when an animal actuates theanimal actuated on/off switch.

Additionally, the pet bed can contain a heating element connected to apower source of the Halbach array disposed within the fabric housing.The heating element can be controlled by a microcontroller in the fabrichousing that can be actuated when the animal engages the animal actuatedon/off switch.

The animal actuated on/off switch can be a pressure sensitive switch, amovement sensitive switch, or a heat sensitive switch.

The pet bed can include a cooling element connected to the power sourceof the Halbach array. The cooling element can be disposed within thefabric housing. The cooling element can be controlled by themicrocontroller providing cooling when the animal engages the animalactuated on/off switch.

The pet bed can include pet bedding. Pet bedding can include any of avariety of arrangement of structures which an animal will rest or sleep.For example, a dog bed can have cedar chips as the pet bedding. A horsecan have straw as the pet bedding. A cat can have strips of fabric asthe pet bedding. The pet bedding can be contained within the fabrichousing, such as a corduroy material or canvas, enabling an animal torest or to sleep.

The electromagnetic coils, the heating and/or cooling elements, anddetector switches can be placed within the fabric housing.

Turning now to the Figures, FIG. 1 shows an example of a typical pulseblast 61 that approximates a series of bipolar square-waves 62 a-62 fusable in a pulse blast with a leading edge 63 and a trailing edge 64.Each pulse can have a duration of between about 0.1 microsecond to about200 microseconds and has at least one edge with a slew rate of at least200 kG/s.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of two pulse blasts. The first blast 61 a isshown consisting of four bipolar pulses with an amplitude y1, a durationx1 and a frequency f1. The first blast 61 a, as illustrated in FIG. 2,is followed by a rest period R1 before the beginning of the second blast61 b. The second blast 61 b is shown as 5 unipolar pulses with anamplitude y2, a duration x2 and a frequency f2.

FIG. 3 depicts a pulse generator 10 usable in the embodiments. The pulsegenerator 10 has a housing 11. In the housing 11 are electronics thatgenerate a plurality of pulse blasts. The pulse generator 10 has a firstpower supply 16 and an optional second power supply 17.

A bi-directional communication and power port 18 flows power 21 into andout of the pulse generator 10, and flows communication signals 19 intoand out of the pulse generator 10. The bi-directional communication andpower port 18 can be formed in the housing 11 of the pulse generator 10.

A microcontroller 20 is shown in communication with the bi-directionalcommunication and power port 18. The microcontroller 20 has a processor22 in communication with either the first power supply 16 or the secondpower supply 17. The microcontroller 20 also has a data storage 24 incommunication with the processor 22. In the data storage 24 are computerinstructions 26 with preset pulse parameters.

Also shown are computer instructions 25 in the data storage forinstructing the processor to generate at random intervals, pulse blasts,pulses as the dosage amounts within the specified range of pulseparameters.

A first pair of transistors 28 a and 28 b is in communication with themicrocontroller 20.

A voltage multiplier 30 is connected to the first pair of transistors 28a and 28 b. The voltage multiplier 30 has three diodes 32 a, 32 b, and32 c, as well as three capacitors 34 a, 34 b, and 34 c. The voltagemultiplier 30 is in communication with the microcontroller 20 forincreasing or decreasing the voltage of electricity of the pulsegenerator 10.

A second pair of transistors 36 a and 36 b are shown connected to thethree capacitors 34 a, 34 b, and 34 c. The second pair of transistors 36a and 36 b form at least one of a plurality of pulses and/or a pulseblast that are emitted by the pulse generator 10.

A pair of power supply conduits 38 a and 38 b are shown connected to thesecond pair of transistors 36 a and 36 b.

A very low power electromagnetic coil pair 39 is connected to the pairof power supply conduits 38 a and 38 b. The very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair 39 is sized to generate a plurality of pulseblasts with a slew rate of at least 200 Kilogauss per second (kG/s).

The very low power electromagnetic coil pair 39 is shown with a firstelectromagnetic coil 40 with a first electromagnetic coil diameter 44and a first electromagnetic coil axis 48. A second electromagnetic coil42 is also shown, with a second electromagnetic coil diameter 46 and asecond electromagnetic coil axis 50.

FIG. 3 also shows an external power supply 65 connected to the secondpower supply 17 through an on/off switch 66 to allow for uninterruptedpulse blast generation for a dosage amount of time. The on/off switch 66allows for actuation of the external power supply 65 to supply power toat least the first power supply 16 or second power supply 17.

FIG. 4 shows a detailed view of the very low power electromagnetic coilpair 39. The first electromagnetic coil 40 with the firstelectromagnetic coil axis 48 is shown.

A first electromagnetic coil first side 51 with first polarity 52 and afirst electromagnetic coil second side 53 with second polarity 54 areshown.

Also shown is a second electromagnetic coil 42 with the secondelectromagnetic coil axis 50. A second electromagnetic coil first side55 is shown with a first polarity 56, and a second electromagnetic coilsecond side 57 is shown with second polarity 58.

FIG. 4 shows that each of the electromagnetic coils can be encapsulatedwith a mechanically flexible polymer coating 74 which allows unimpededthe generation of the electromagnetic fields.

FIG. 5 shows the orientation of the very low power electromagnetic coilpair for therapeutic treatment. The first electromagnetic coil firstside 51 is disposed opposite the second electromagnetic coil second side57 for treatment of cellular dysfunction of a tissue 100 placed betweenthe first electromagnetic coil 40 and the second electromagnetic coil 42for treatment of an extracellular matrix disruption of a tissue placedbetween the electromagnetic coils.

The first electromagnetic coil 40 and second electromagnetic coil 42 canbe oriented so that when they are energized using the pulse generator10, a plurality of magnetic wave pulses can be generated with slew ratesof at least 200 kG/s for at least a duration between about 0.1microsecond to about 200 microseconds.

Also shown are the first electromagnetic coil second side 53 and thesecond electromagnetic coil first side 55.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of the pulse generator 10 with themicrocontroller 20 having a processor 22 in communication with at leastone network 68 with an administrative server 67, that allows for onlinereconfiguration of the pulse generator.

Also shown are the housing 11, the data storage 24, and the computerinstructions with preset pulse parameters 26.

FIG. 7 shows four very low power electromagnetic coil pairs having firstelectromagnetic coils 40 a, 40 b, 40 c, and 40 d paired with secondelectromagnetic coils 42 a, 42 b, 42 c, and 42 d.

Each very low power electromagnetic coil pair is associated with a pulsegenerator 10 a, 10 b, 10 c, and 10 d. The pulse generators arecontrolled by a common controller 70.

The multiple pairs of very low power electromagnetic coils with pulsegenerators form an electromagnetic array 69 for treating a large area oftissue 100 that is capable of covering an entire limb, which is a leg inthis view.

FIG. 8A shows an embodiment of a kit for therapeutically treating tissueailments including cellular dysfunction of a tissue or an extracellularmatrix disruption of a tissue, with an animal saddlebag 78, a firstpouch 79, a pulse generator 10 in the first pouch 79, and a supportstrap 81.

FIG. 8B shows the opposite side of the animal shown in FIG. 8A. Theanimal saddlebag 78 is shown with a second pouch 80.

Within the second pouch 80 is a first electromagnetic coil 40, a secondelectromagnetic coil 42 and power supply 16.

The support strap 81 holds the first pouch 79 and the second pouch 80together across the chest of the animal.

FIG. 9 shows and embodiment of a pet bed 107. The pet bed has bedding82, a fabric housing 84 for containing the bedding 82, a Halbach array85 disposed in the fabric housing 84, and an animal actuated on/offswitch 86 connected to the Halbach array 85.

Also shown are a heating element 88 and a cooling element 92, eachconnected to a power supply 300 of the pulse generator 10.

FIG. 10A shows an embodiment of a method for treating an animal.

A first step 701 can include disposing a first electromagnetic coilopposite a second electromagnetic coil, forming very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair.

A second step 702 can include orienting the first electromagnetic coiland the second electromagnetic coil so that when the very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair is energized from a pulse generator aplurality of electromagnetic pulses are generated with slew rates of atleast 200 kiloGauss/second (kG/s) for at least a duration between about0.1 microsecond to about 200 microseconds, wherein each generatedelectromagnetic pulse has a leading edge and a trailing edge.

A third step 703 can include generating a plurality of pulse blastsusing the pulse generator.

A fourth step 704 can include emitting the plurality of pulse blastsfrom the first electromagnetic coil to enable the very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair to perform a member of the group consistingof: treat cellular dysfunction of a tissue placed between the first andsecond electromagnetic coils; treat an extracellular matrix disruptionof a tissue placed between the first and second electromagnetic coils;or combinations thereof.

A fifth step 705 can include transferring the plurality of pulse blaststo an animal using the very low power electromagnetic coil pair.

A sixth step 706 can include generating pulses in controlled sequencesto produce a plurality of electromagnetic field vectors that rotatethrough a space proximate to the electromagnetic array over a presetunit of time using the electromagnetic array.

FIG. 10B shows a continuation of the embodiment of a method for treatingan animal shown in FIG. 10A.

A seventh step 707 can include generating pulse blasts in controlledsequences to produce a plurality of electromagnetic field vectors thattranslate through space proximate the electromagnetic array over time.

An eighth 708 can include generating pulse blasts at random intervalswithin specified ranges of pulse parameters using computer instructionsin the data storage to instruct the processor.

A ninth step 709 can include producing unipolar electromagnetic pulseswith leading edge electromagnetic slew rates greater than 200 kG/s andtrailing edge magnetic slew rates less than 200 kG/s and using pulseswith a duration longer than 200 microseconds.

A tenth step 710 can include adjusting pulse parameters to stimulateextracellular signals, trans-membrane signals, intracellular signals, orcombinations thereof.

An eleventh step 711 can include adjusting pulse parameters to simulatea combination of signals associated with at least one member of thegroup consisting of: extracellular signals associated with mechanicalloading of the target tissue; trans-membrane signals associated withmechanical loading of the target tissues; and intracellular signalsassociated with mechanical loading of the target tissues.

A twelfth step 712 can include employing pulses with randomized pulseparameters to prevent physiological accommodation or neuralaccommodation for treatment of chronic pain, acute pain, or combinationsthereof.

FIG. 11 shows a diagram of an embodiment of a method for therapeuticallytreating an animal.

A first step 801 can include placing an animal saddlebag with a firstpouch and a second pouch on an animal.

A second step 802 can include placing a pulse generator in the firstpouch for generating a plurality of pulse blasts.

A third step 803 can include using a support strap to hold the firstpouch and second pouch together across a chest of the animal.

A fourth step 804 can include placing a pair of very low powerelectromagnetic coils in communication with the pulse generator and apower supply within the second pouch.

A fifth step 805 can include capturing tissue of the animal between thepair of very low power electromagnetic coils or placing the pair of verylow power electromagnetic coils adjacent tissue of the animal.

A sixth step 806 can include generating a plurality of pulse blastsusing the pulse generator.

A seventh step 807 can include transferring the plurality of pulseblasts to the animal using the pair of very low power electromagneticcoils.

FIG. 12 shows a flow diagram for an embodiment of a method fortherapeutically treating an animal using a pet bed.

A first step 901 can include containing a bedding within a fabrichousing.

A second step 902 can include disposing a Halbach array in the fabrichousing.

A third step 903 can include allowing an animal to actuate an on/offswitch connected to the Halbach array, thereby generating magnetic pulseblasts using the Halbach array.

A fourth step 904 can include transferring the magnetic pulse blasts tothe animal.

FIG. 13 is a representation of an idealized trapezoidal electromagneticunipolar pulse. The curve has been idealized straight lines that may becurved.

In this Figure, a leading and trailing edge are shown where the slewrate can be determined graphically. Trapezoidal pulses need not besymmetric. Leading and trailing edges may have different slopes.

Element 1300 shows the y-axis. The units of this y-axis represent theamplitude of the magnetic field in Gauss.

Time is shown as element 1302, which is the x-axis and representsmicroseconds.

The element 1304 indicates a zero amplitude magnetic field, which is thebeginning of this trapezoidal curve existing before a singleelectromagnetic pulse initiates from the pulse generator.

The leading edge of the electromagnetic pulse is shown as element 1306with a slew rate of about 230 kiloGauss per second.

Element 1308 is the peak amplitude, which in this example is 0.6 Gauss.

The trailing edge of the electromagnetic pulse is shown as element 1310,which is shown here with the same slew rate as the leading edge.

Element 1312 is the zero amplitude magnetic field to which the signalreturns at the completion of the pulse.

While these embodiments have been described with emphasis on theembodiments, it should be understood that within the scope of theappended claims, the embodiments might be practiced other than asspecifically described herein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for treating an animal having a tissueinjury, tissue degeneration, an idiopathic pain, a cellular dysfunctionof a tissue, or a dysfunction of an extracellular matrix of a tissue,wherein the method comprises: a. disposing a first electromagnetic coilproximate to a second electromagnetic coil, forming a very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair; b. placing a tissue proximate to the very lowpower electromagnetic coil pair; c. orienting the first electromagneticcoil and the second electromagnetic coil so that when the very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair is energized from a pulse generator, the verylow power electromagnetic coil pair receives a plurality of shapedelectromagnetic pulses, and wherein each shaped electromagnetic pulse isshaped over time to approximate a member of the group: a trapezoid, apolygon, a triangle, a Gaussian function; a Dirac delta function, orcombinations thereof; and wherein the shaped electromagnetic pulses aregenerating having leading edges, trailing edges, or both, wherein eachedge slew rate is at least 200 kiloGauss/second (kG/s) for at least aduration from 0.1 microsecond to 1000 microseconds without forming asine shaped pulse wave; and d. generating at least one pulse blast, eachpulse blast having at least one pulse, from the very low powerelectromagnetic coil pair, enabling the very low power electromagneticcoil pair to affect animal tissue and perform a member of the groupconsisting of: i. treat cellular dysfunction of the tissue placedproximate to the first electromagnetic coil and the secondelectromagnetic coil; ii. treat extracellular matrix disruption of thetissue placed proximate to the first electromagnetic coil and the secondelectromagnetic coil; iii. treat a tissue injury afflicting tissueproximate to the first electromagnetic coil and the secondelectromagnetic coil; iv. treat a tissue degeneration afflicting tissueproximate to the first electromagnetic coil and the secondelectromagnetic coil; and v. treat pain which is a member of the groupconsisting of: (a) acute or chronic pain arising from tissuedegeneration; (b) acute or chronic pain arising from tissue injury; (c)acute or chronic pain arising from extracellular matrix disruption oftissue; (d) acute or chronic pain arising from cellular dysfunction oftissue; (e) acute or chronic pain of idiopathic origin associated withthe tissue; and wherein the acute or chronic pain is treated by placingthe tissue proximate to the first electromagnetic coil and the secondelectromagnetic coil; or combinations thereof.
 2. The method of claim 1,further comprising using bipolar pulses as at least one of the pulses.3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pulses are generated by a pulsegenerator comprising: a. a power supply; b. a bi-directionalcommunication and power port for flowing power from the power supplyinto and out of the pulse generator and flowing communication signalsinto and out of the pulse generator; c. a microcontroller incommunication with the bi-directional communication and power port,wherein the microcontroller further comprises a processor incommunication with the power supply; d. a data storage in communicationwith the processor; e. computer instructions with preset pulseparameters in the data storage; f. a pair of first transistors incommunication with the microcontroller; g. a voltage multiplier incommunication with the pair of first transistors, wherein the voltagemultiplier comprises a plurality of diodes and a plurality of capacitorsin communication with the microcontroller for increasing or decreasing avoltage of the pulse generator; h. a pair of second transistors incommunication with the plurality of capacitors, wherein the pair ofsecond transistors produces an electrical signal that is transmitted tothe very low power electromagnetic coil pair; and i. a pair of powersupply conduits in communication with the pair of second transistors fortransferring the electrical signal to the very low power electromagneticpair.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pulse parameters controlledby the microcontroller are selected from the group consisting of: apulse voltage or current, a pulse duration, a pulse polarity, a numberof pulses per unit of time, a number of pulses per pulse blast, a timeduration between pulses in each pulse blast, and at least one timeduration between pulse blasts.
 5. The method of claim 3, furthercomprising connecting an external power supply to the power supply toallow for uninterrupted pulse blast generation.
 6. The method of claim5, further comprising actuating the external power supply using anon/off switch.
 7. The method of claim 3, further comprising connectingthe plurality of capacitors and the pair of second transistors togetherin an H-bridge configuration.
 8. The method of claim 3, furthercomprising using the microcontroller to perform on-line configuration orreconfiguration using communication from an administrative server. 9.The method of claim 8, further comprising providing wirelesscommunication through at least one network between the administrativeserver and the microcontroller.
 10. The method of claim 3, furthercomprising generating pulse blasts at random intervals within specifiedranges of pulse parameters using computer instructions in the datastorage to instruct the processor.
 11. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising using positive polarity blasts, negative polarity blasts, orcombinations thereof in the pulse blasts.
 12. The method of claim 1,wherein the plurality of pulse blasts are a series of single pulses. 13.The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a dosage amount ofpulse blasts to tissue by using a spacing between the firstelectromagnetic coil and the second electromagnetic coil that rangesfrom 0.1 to 20 times a radius of the electromagnetic coils.
 14. Themethod of claim 1, wherein each electromagnetic coil has an axis aboutwhich the electromagnetic coil is concentric and further comprisingaligning together both axes of the electromagnetic coils, wherein theaxes are aligned either in a parallel arrangement, a coaxialarrangement, or a coplanar orientation.
 15. The method of claim 1,further comprising using different quantities of pulses for differentpulse blasts.
 16. The method of claim 1, further comprising usingvarying intervals of time between each of the plurality of pulse blasts.17. The method of claim 1, further comprising using the microcontrollerto automatically sequence between predetermined sequences of pulses forpredetermined intervals of time.
 18. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising forming a plurality of pairs of electromagnetic coils into aconnected electromagnetic array having a common controller for treatinga large area of tissue.
 19. The method of claim 18, further comprisinggenerating individual pulses in controlled sequences to produce aplurality of magnetic field vectors that rotate through a spaceproximate to the electromagnetic array over a preset unit of time usingthe electromagnetic array.
 20. The method of claim 18, furthercomprising generating electromagnetic pulse blasts in controlledsequences to produce a plurality of magnetic field vectors thattranslate through space proximate the electromagnetic array over time.21. The method of claim 1, further comprising arranging a plurality ofelectromagnetic coils into a member of the group consisting of: atwo-dimensional Halbach array, a one-dimensional Halbach array, orcombinations thereof.
 22. The method of claim 21, further comprisingusing at least one pair of electromagnetic coils of the Halbach arraywith an in-plane axis as flux conduit between a normal-to-plane axis ofat least one adjacent pair of electromagnetic coils.
 23. The method ofclaim 22, further comprising using a flux concentrator of iron, a fluxconcentrator of ferrite, or a flux concentrator of another magneticmaterial in each Halbach array to concentrate each magnetic fieldproximate to tissue within each Halbach array.
 24. The method of claim21, further comprising using a center-to-center distance between thenormal-to-plane axis in each Halbach array ranging from 0.5 inches to 10inches.
 25. The method of claim 21, further comprising sealing eachHalbach array within a mechanically flexible polymer coating whichallows unimpeded generation of magnetic fields.
 26. The method of claim1, further comprising producing unipolar electromagnetic pulses withleading edge magnetic slew rates greater than 200 kG/s and trailing edgemagnetic slew rates less than 200 kG/s and a duration longer than 200microseconds.
 27. The method of claim 1, wherein pulse parameters areadjusted to stimulate extracellular signals of the tissue,trans-membrane signals of the tissue, intracellular signals of thetissue, or combinations thereof.
 28. The method of claim 1, whereinpulse parameters of at least one pulse blast are adjusted to simulate acombination of signals associated with at least one member of the groupconsisting of: a. extracellular signals associated with mechanicalloading of the tissue; b. trans-membrane signals associated withmechanical loading of the tissue; c. intracellular signals associatedwith mechanical loading of the tissue; d. signals associated with nervesynapse signals to the tissue; or combinations thereof.
 29. The methodof claim 1, further comprising employing pulses with randomized pulseparameters to prevent physiologic accommodation or neural accommodationin the animal for treatment of chronic pain, acute pain, or combinationsthereof.